Natural pigments of microbial origin

ME Pailliè-Jiménez, P Stincone… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The world demands new solutions and products to be used as dyes for industrial
applications. Microbial pigments represent an eco-friendly alternative as they can be …

Recent advancements in microbial polysaccharides: Synthesis and applications

YAG Mahmoud, ME El-Naggar, A Abdel-Megeed… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polysaccharide materials are widely applied in different applications including food, food
packaging, drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressing, wastewater treatment, and …

Trait biases in microbial reference genomes

S Albright, S Louca - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Common culturing techniques and priorities bias our discovery towards specific traits that
may not be representative of microbial diversity in nature. So far, these biases have not been …

Microalgae growth-promoting bacteria for cultivation strategies: Recent updates and progress

W Pathom-Aree, P Sattayawat, S Inwongwan… - Microbiological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microalgae growth-promoting bacteria (MGPB), both actinobacteria and non-actinobacteria,
have received considerable attention recently because of their potential to develop …

Isolation and identification of soil bacteria from extreme environments of Chile and their plant beneficial characteristics

A Gaete, D Mandakovic, M González - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The isolation of soil bacteria from extreme environments represents a major challenge, but
also an opportunity to characterize the metabolic potential of soil bacteria that could promote …

Unveiling the potential of systems biology in biotechnology and biomedical research

S Saranya, L Thamanna, P Chellapandi - Systems Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract “In silico organisms” are computational genome-scale metabolic models used in
systems and synthetic biology developed by constraint-based metabolic simulations using …

Vulcanimicrobium alpinus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the candidate phylum “Eremiobacterota”, is a metabolically versatile aerobic …

S Yabe, K Muto, K Abe, A Yokota… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The previously uncultured phylum “Candidatus Eremiobacterota” is globally distributed and
often abundant in oligotrophic environments. Although it includes lineages with the genetic …

Applications of genome-scale metabolic models to investigate microbial metabolic adaptations in response to genetic or environmental perturbations

EL Carter, C Constantinidou… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Environmental perturbations are encountered by microorganisms regularly and will require
metabolic adaptations to ensure an organism can survive in the newly presenting …

Genome‐scale metabolic modelling of extremophiles and its applications in astrobiological environments

N Noirungsee, S Changkhong, K Phinyo… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolic modelling approaches have become the powerful tools in modern biology. These
mathematical models are widely used to predict metabolic phenotypes of the organisms or …

Bioprospecting of Plant Growth-Promoting Traits of Pseudomonas sp. Strain C3 Isolated from the Atacama Desert: Molecular and Culture-Based Analysis

A Gaete, C Andreani-Gerard, JE Maldonado… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil microorganisms that inhabit extreme environments have unique metabolic capacities
and/or physical structures that allow them to survive in oligotrophic conditions. The …